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"Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures -- in this century, as in others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together." -- Antoine De Saint-Exupery
A lovely thought, but someone with a different disposition might see it differently. A militarist, for example, might say that our highest accomplishments have the single purpose of perfecting the art of war, and could cite any number of notable twentieth century achievements. Perhaps we have to say that human accomplishment, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
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